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| Patrol Searches for Remaining Kentucky Jail Escapee |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/21/2002 |
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Ohio state troopers scoured the streets for a Kentucky fugitive who allegedly kidnapped a 44-year-old woman during a two-state crime spree. Family members of Alice Donovan said they hope her knack for gaining trust and her friendliness will buy her safety. Authorities believe Donovan was kidnapped from a Wal-Mart parking lot in Conway, S.C., by Chadrick Fulks and L. Branden Basham. Basham has been captured, while Fulks, who was awaiting trial on robbery charges, remained at large early Wednesday. Officers combed areas near a rest stop where a man believed to be Fulks fled from state troopers Monday night. Authorities believed the car he was driving was damaged crossing a highway median to avoid capture. The State Highway Patrol had not found the car by Tuesday night, and troopers had 'no idea' of Fulks' whereabouts, said patrol spokesman Lt. Gary Lewis. 'The best we can do is keep on his trail,' Lewis said. Fulks, 25, and Basham, 21, escaped Nov. 4 from the Hopkins County jail in western Kentucky. They are also suspected of abducting a 42-year-old Kentucky man who escaped after being tied to a tree and abandoned. Donovan, of Galivants Ferry, S.C., vanished Thursday. 'She's a good listener and cares about other people,' her sister Gloria Lindsey said. 'I can't help but think that if the kidnappers just let her talk, gain her trust and get to know her, they would not harm her.' Without elaborating, Kentucky police said Basham's arrest yielded 'a lot of leads' in the search for Donovan. Ohio troopers said they believe they spotted Fulks late Monday sleeping in a blue BMW parked in a rest area in north-central Ohio. The man sped off when the trooper ordered him out of the car and nearly ran over another officer. The pursuit was halted to make sure the officer was OK. 'Our trooper did not see anyone else in the car but we don't know if there were possible victims or abductions inside the trunk,' Lewis said. Basham was arrested Sunday after allegedly trying to hijack a car from a woman and her 15-year-old daughter at an Ashland, Ky., mall. After a foot chase during which Basham and an officer exchanged gunfire, police found him in the Ohio River. Basham was being held on $2 million bond on charges of attempted robbery, criminal attempt to commit murder on an officer and fleeing or eluding a police officer. At the time of the escape, Basham was serving a five-year sentence for writing a bad check. |
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